ID 1303121
Lot 45 | A ROMAN IRON PUGIO AND SCABBARD WITH BRONZE INSETS
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
CIRCA 150-250 A.D.
14 3/8 in. (36 cm.) long
Provenance
with Alex G. Malloy, New York, 1978 (Winter Sale Catalogue, no. 45).
Private Collection, New Jersey, from the above, 1978.
with Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, acquired from the above, 2010.
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2010.
Literature
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 245, fig. 31.
M. Merrony, ed., Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins: La collection Famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, p. 70, fig. 12.
T Fischer, Die Armee der Caesaren: Archäologie und Geschichte, Regensburg, 2012, p. 86, fig. 74.
La marche de l’Histoire, February 2013, p. 20.
"La plus grande collection privée d’armures, de casques, de boucliers au monde," Egypte Ancienne, May-July 2013, p. 70.
K. Schörle, ed., L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, Arles, 2018, p. 58, no. 25.
"Expo musée d’Arles: 'L’Armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire" (online article, humanhist.com, 2018).
J. Coulston, "The Power and the Glory," Minerva, March-April 2019, p. 19, fig. 17.
T. Fischer, Army of the Roman Emperors: Archaeology and History, Oxford, 2019, p. 50, fig. 74.
L. Rivière, "Une vie de légionnaire," in S. Laval and M. Pascal, eds., Invictus: Au coeur de deux Légions mythiques, Aubagne, 2020, p. 31.
J. Osgood, "Take that, Caesar!" Ancient History, June-July 2020, p. 41.
Exhibited
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA553).
Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique, L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, 15 December 2018-22 April 2019. Aubagne, Musée de la Légion étrangère, Invictus: Au coeur de deux légions mythiques, 10 September 2020-3 October 2021.
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze |
Art style: | Ancient Art |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze |
Art style: | Ancient Art |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
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